Background
Palmer, Thomas Howard was born on April 19, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Agnes (Higgins) Palmer.
Palmer, Thomas Howard was born on April 19, 1924 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas Howard and Elizabeth Agnes (Higgins) Palmer.
Student, Harvard University, 1942-1944; Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Tufts U., 1948.
Intern, City Hospital, Boston, 1948-1949; resident surgery, New England Medical Center, Boston, 1949-1950, 52-55; staff surgeon, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1955-1989; staff surgeon, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, 1955-1989; chief of surgery, St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, 1967-1974, 80-85; medical staff president, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1973-1975. Director Eastern Maine Healthcare, Bangor, since 1982. Board directors Maine Peer Review Board (Medical) Bangor, 1988-1989.
Trustee Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, 1982-1989. Director Eastern Maine Charities, since 1995. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1945, 50-52, Korea.
Fellow American College of Surgeons (president Maine chapter 1969-1970). Member New England Surgical Society, Maine Medical Association, Penobscot Medical Society, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Ellen Herlihy, February 20, 1954. Children: Thomas H. III, Edward H., Anne M., David A., James L.